Random Movie Recommendation: Hors de Prix / Priceless
January 31, 2010 in 5 Second Movie Review, Cinema
Look, sometimes we all need a silly movie about pretty people in pretty clothes amid pretty settings. But frequently, romantic comedies suffer from what one might call the Pretty Woman syndrome: sure, it’s fun while one watches it, but afterward one is left with the cold hard reality animating the story – what Rachel Leigh Cook’s character called, in the one good line in She’s All That, “that whole hooker thing.”
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I wish I were writing this as I was sitting in a spa in Costa Rica sipping some fruity concoction after my seaweed wrap – waiting for my sliced papaya – while Lupe gives me reflexology and Juan Carlos rubs my shoulders. Oh, if it were only about my skin or my weight. Actually, I have been staying close to home (which is full of cat hair and crap Mr. Hagen & I never seem to throw out in a freezing January) detoxing from DRUGS!

I’m excited about this Apple thing coming. The world seems to be full of death being carried around in endless trucks and we need a distraction. I want the Apple thing to be that distraction. Talking, thinking about, mulling over and maybe writing something on the Apple thing is the perfect thing to distract us from everything. I hope this Apple thing rocks. I hope it rocks Bigtime. Because I need a break. I hope it rocks like fucking Jennifer Aniston.

Hey there. A friend of mine – let’s call him “Ricardo” to protect his identity – Ricardo has a pressing, modern dilemma. You see, my good friend Ricardo has a telephone you can carry around with you wherever you go. Indeed, many of us can relate for many of us have these magical things now. They are popular. They are popular because they feature glowing square pictures, and glowing square pictures have fascinated us for years. These telephones also make sounds.